Window-screen fastener



E. TROPH. WINDOW SCREEN FASTENER.

ATTORNEY.

OFFICE.

EMIL TROPH, 0F MADRID, vNEBRASKA.

WINDOW-SCREEN FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed July 2, 1920.4 Serial No. 393,666. i

T 0 all 'whom t may concer-n:

Beit known that'l, EMIL Tnorn a citizen of the United States, residing at Madrid, in the county of Perkins and State of Nebraska, have Yinvented certain new and useful Improvements in wWindow-Screen Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to window screens and more particularly to two-part screens of this character and fasteners therefor.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a window screen composed of hingedly connected sections with fasteners fory detachably holding one of said sections in opera'- tive position to permit it to be freely opened or closed at will.

Another object is to provide a fastener for a screen wire or other sash which will hold the sash securely against rattling and prevent all possible marring of the sash frame.

W'ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the window screen embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the fasteners detached, and,

Fig. d is a detail sectional view of the fastener.

In the embodiment illustrated a window frame E is shown having mounted therein a screen 1 composed of two sections 2 and 3 hingedly connected as shown at L1. The lower section 3 is preferably ixedly mounted in the frame F while section 2 is designed to be opened downwardly when de sired and when turned up into closed position is held by releasable fasteners 5, two of which are shown, one at each side of the sash.

The fasteners 5 are hence one only will be described Each of the fasteners comprises a base plate 6 preferably rectangular in configuration and equipped with screw receiving apertures 7 four of which are here shown areXactly alike and in detail.V

ranged at the respective corners of the plate.

Fixed to the plate 6 isk a substantially U` shaped member 8 composed of a strip of resilient metal the arm 9 of which is preferably made wider than the other arm 1l and is secured tothe base plate 6 by rivets 7 or otherwise. The free end of this arm 9 is slit and rolled to form a bearing 10 for a purpose presently to be described.

The arm 11 of member 8 is'longer than arm 9 Vthe free end thereof projecting beyond the front edge of the base plate 6 to which arm 9 is secured. This arm 11 carries on its inner face at its free end a combined cushioning and gripping member 12 preferably composed of soft rubber and adapted to overlap and engage the frame of the section 2 of the window screen.

Av heavy coiled spring 13 is attached at one end to the bearing or eye 10 and at its other end to thefinner face-of arm-11 in rear of the element 12 and exerts its tension to normally and forcibly retract said arm 11 drawing it toward arm 9 so that when in operative position the combined gripping and cushioning member 12 will be securely clamped against the outer face of the side rail of the sash section 2 as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.

Vhen it is desired to release the section 2 all that is necessary is to grasp the arms 11 of the two fasteners and ull them outwardly against the tension of the springs 13 a sufficient distance to release the which may then be folded downwardly for any desired purpose. To replace the section the operation is repeated that is the arms 11 are moved outwardly a sufficient distance to permit the section 2 to close and are then sprung into engagement with the outer face thereof to hold it in operative position.

While this improved fastener is shown applied to a section of window screen obviously it may be used for securing any otherhinged member, or in fact any removable member'.

From the above description it will be obvious that the cushioning element 12 being made of soft rubber will not only frictionally grip the frame of the section 2 but will prevent all possibility of its being scarred by rubbing or otherwise.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that any modifications within the scope of the claims may be made in the section 2 tact with the sash,

construction Without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with removable closure vof a fastener for said cl0- sure comprising a base plate, a resilient holder carried thereby having a combined cushioningand gripping member for connd means to hold said member engaged with thesash. 2. The combination With a frame 'having 'a removable closure," of aV fastener for said closure comprising4 a base plate, a resilient holder carriedV thereby having a combined cushioning and gripping member for contact Withjthe sash, and releasable means to hold said member engaged With the sash.

3. 4A fastener of the class described comprising a base plate, a U-shaped resilient metal holder having one arm fixed to said plate, a vcombined cushioning and gripping member carried bythe other arm, and yield able' V- means to force said movable arm tovvard the fixed arm.

4. A fastener of the'class described comprising a base plate having fastener receiving apertures, a U-shaped resilient metal holding member carried by said plate, one arm of said member being fixed to the plate and the other arm being of a length greater a frame havinga than the fixed arm With ping and cushioning member secured to its inner face near its free end, and a coiled spring connecting said arms.

prlsing a base plate having fastener receiving apertures, a substantially U-shaped resilient metal holder having. one arm ixedly secured to said plate, the'other arm being longer than the lix'ed arm and overhanging the front edge of said plate, a soft rubber cushion carried by said overhanging arm end, and a coiled spring connecting the long arm in rear of the cushion With the .fronf end'of the short arm.

6. A fastener of the class described comprising a base platehaving fastener receiving apertures, a U-shaped resilient metal holder having one arm fixed to said plate With its free ends slit and rolled to form an eye, the other arm of ysaid holder being longer than thefixed arm and provided on the lower face of its free end with a gripping member, and a coiled spring'secured at one end to said eye and at itsother end to the long arm in rear of the cushioning member. Y y

In testimony whereofV I aiiix my signature hereto.

Y EMIL TRoPH.

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